Lao

Scope and content :

This series consists of 215 photographs from Sumit Pitiphat's anthropological fieldwork in Laos. They are about Tai people in Louangnamtha, Houaphan, Muang Sing, Xiangkho, Viantien, Louangphrabang, Xiangkhoang, Xam Nua, Phônsavan, Sop Hao, and Sop Aed. The ethnic group of people appear on this series are Tai Lue, Tai Dam,Tai Daeng, Khmu ,Yuan, and Puan. The picture portrayed the way of life of people such as traditional costume, rice farming, cultivation, weaving, food, vernacular house, habitation, transportation, trading etc.

Repository : SAC

Extent and medium : 215 photographs.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer : Donated by Sumit Pitiphat, 2010.

System of arrangemant : The series is divided base on the place of field work.

Condition governing accessible and reproduce : No restrictions on access.

Creative Commons License : Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)

Traditional Knowledge License : Traditional Knowledge Attribution Non-Commercial (TK A-NC)

Language : English/Thai

Script : English/Thai

Rule or convention : Collection, series and file level description based on ISAD(G)

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| A shelter for guarding rice fields during the rainy season (the rice fields and villages are located far away from each other). | Photograph

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| A Tai Lue woman is weaving, and will sell her product in Vientiane (additional income for family). | Photograph

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| Children are fishing in the canal beside the rice fields, to be cooked for the family. | Photograph

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| Boys assist by fishing, the fish will be cooked for the family. | Photograph

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| Khmu or Lao Thoeng villages are allocated by the government. | Photograph

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| A Khmu man is wearing a fishnet (usually Khmu do farming, hunting, fishing etc.). | Photograph

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| A Khmu boy is on the way home and carrying bag containing items gathered from the forest. | Photograph

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| The Viengtai Temple was renovated in B.E. 2539 (1996). | Photograph

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| A novice wears a bonnet because of the cold weather in Louangnamtha. | Photograph

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| A novice and Khlom (Lao Yuan) at Wat Wieng Tai, Louangnamtha. | Photograph

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